That's why I thought I was safe buying a car that's spend 90% of it's life in Houston, TX.... I was wrong... Spend 1.5years in it's original birth state of MN and my car is rusted to hell.

Didn't have trouble w/ those, Ratching wrenches manggggggggg.


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Soooo copper spray around my aruminum exhaust keeps moar heat in, kthxdone.

 

Story of my life...Always late to the party! It ain't easy being me.

 

Basic Plan is to make it into a 3.0 dyno queen and useless slammed car.

Done.

Bish you too slow.

And you sold it before I could gather the $$$, that's the main reason why you don't see me puttin around in your ride now.

Pimpin'........ It ain't easy

 

except i see a dumbass 50+ year old riding around in it tryna pick up teenage/20yr old chicks

 

What mods are on it?

 

the y-pipe, cut out and 2.5" piping are still on it, oem axleback. the gunmetal G35s i repainted, CC stage 1 clutch, CC LWFW and the ralco sts.

i shouldnt have done all the maintenance on that car i did before i sold it, i never recouped that money

 

Damn.

 

Nope, VHT Aluminum Ceramic Coating over Stainless. This = poor man's jet coat.

http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/flameproof/

 

yea it's still quick...but suspension felt sloppy AF i was glad to get rid of it when i put the stock suspension on

 

It sounds silly but Pezz is 100% correct, there's a lot more to think about other than wall thickness.

And aluminum is a poor choice for exhaust, not just because of heat or whatevs, but it's highly prone to cracking, much harder to weld, crappy welds lead to cracking (and it's already prone to this ).

The only way to get it reliable is to use thick walled stuff, and then you negate weight savings and the price is ridiculous.

Overall, it's just a bad choice for exhaust.

 

Didn't think of that, yup, that would drive the price up. Selling a set for that is criminal though. BUt you can hose people that only need 1 rim for sure.

And if I destroyed a rim sitting this low there'd be more damage to worry about than rims.


Good call, I didn't check years, dunno them well just know that span is the best.

Definately not a nissan, Euro trash is my guess also.

 

They actually started putting halfway decent paint on them then. I would go with a 99+ Silverado with a Vortec 5300 engine. Pretty well-built truck and nice looking. Either that or a 03+ Dodge 1500 Hemi. Those things are damn near bulletproof.

 

Nope, not going to comment on that one.

 

Well I'm not buying a truck lol it was figurative anyways.

And a Dodge? No. Bulletproof? No. Ever done a transmission or seen the rear panels when they rot out? Ever put fuel in one?

All in all, a truck is just not for me, they're ridiculous.

the only semi-truck interest for me is the new Ford 5.0, gets 22 mpg and is pretty balsy. but they're ugly, so meh.

 

For me it's simple math:

Big Truck = Small *****

 

secret????.... Que??? lol.... swirl valves rob power

 

Hey Rochester, they had that Rim Wax stuff on 'sale' for $16.99 for a little jar, is this actually a good price?

Man that's expensive.

 

some of the bodystyle trucks i want






or a nice lifted avalance

 

this was on the radio today......

 

Not my style! I just want a better than stock DD, that makes me smile when I push down the go pedal & can carve a turn without feeling like it'll fall off the road.
I gave up trying to pick up 'chicks' in my car ages ago. I'll leave the 'ballin' & 'pimpin' to you youngsters.

 

I would respectfully have to disagree on the Dodge with you. The 5-speed auto behind a Hemi is a stout for getout transmission. I've know guys who tow regularly with them that were pushing over 150K miles on them with zero issues. As far as rear panels rotting out, we just don't have that issue in Oregon. Nothing rusts here. And pretty much any V8 besides that new 5.0 is going to get MAYBE 14 or 15 MPG on the highway. The Hemi in my Magnum got 25 though and I could tow 5000 pounds with it.

 

Wall thickness was not of my concern w/ the alum exhaust, I was just referencing SS not being as great as it is on paper because of how thin the walls are, I think my cattmans is on a 10sched and the OBXs are on a 5ched.

Either way, I'm going through with it, a lot of people talk down about it, very few have tried, and the few that have tried do like it, of course those guys own race-caws, but it's not like the red car will be doing 60k miles a year again.

I'll learn my lesson, just like w/ the CF hood, rather learn it the hard way, in the end I'll be wiser for having the knowledge of first hand experience, something completely different than reading something from a book or on a forum, quite a shocker how little you know when it comes to something even though you've read it a million times over, actually applying the knowledge is something else....

 

that was my car, when it was on coilovers. had so much fun on the curves w/ that b1tch..cant wait to stiffen up the suspension on this integra...it's like sloppy seconds right now

 

When you do what I do big truck=useful machine. I tow a travel trailer, haul yards of gravel, haul my wife's antique stuff around, etc... I have a 91 F350 crew cab diesel. It's a big truck, but I'm not going to comment on "size" Let's just say satisfaction is not an issue for my women. I wouldn't own a truck with less than an 8' bed. They're useless...

 

it better not have problems at 150k

 

are you King Solomon? how many concubines bro?

 

why is the page so wide...who the *** posted a big *** pic up?!?!?

 

No comment...

 

Some idiot w/ a Honda....

 

 

 

Yeah! Because...Self incrimination already.

 

The single most important thing with an automatic transmission that gets worked hard is to keep the transmission fluid clean and cool. You will literally quadruple the life of the trans if you keep the fluid temps below 160 degrees. Towing heavy= Big aftgermarket trans cooler. I have dual 10K rated coolers on my E4OD and a mechanical trans temp gauge and she rarely breaks 150. It's the single best mod you can make to a working truck IMHO.

 

winning

OAN, C. Applegate can get it.... Young or Old

 

Gotta roll out for a few hours. Catch you guys on the flip side.

 

those tiddys

 

she's old?

 

I say go for it, it's an interesting experiment. Doing the ceramic paint on Aluminum should help to reduce heat loss. Another thing you should probably do is a cryo-temper. It's the same thing as tempering steel or normalizing stainless. Makes it less brittle/prone to cracking.

 

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Good thing you read thru my typo, I meant ceramic, not copper.

 

Wheel Wax. Yeah, that's the price. Should last you a long time, though.

Nipples. Say no more.